Episode 184: Long Island's Most Endangered Historic Places with Tara Cubie

The Long Island History Project

Every other year, Preservation Long Island compiles a list of historic places on Long Island that are endangered. Each list is a mix of structures from different periods of time, each with its own history and own preservation challenges yet all worthy of preserving for future generations.

On today's episode, Preservation Long Island's Preservation Director Tara Cubie joins us to discuss the 2023 list. The seven places are: the Stepping Stones Light House (Kings Point), the Coindre Hall Boathouse (Huntington), the Shutt House (Brentwood), Kings Park Psychiatric Center (Kings Park), the Eliphalet Whitman House (Smithtown), the Mill Pond House (Oyster Bay) and the Perkins Electric Generating Plant (Riverhead).

Tara talks about the sites, the groups who nominated them, the struggles that each of them face, and the reasons why you should care about their survival.

Further Research

• Preservation Long Island
• Friends of Caleb Smith Preserve
• Great Neck Historical Society
• Coindre Hall
• Preserve KPPC (Facebook)
• Brentwood’s Endangered Historic Places
• The Perkins Local History Collection
• Audio Footnotes
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